The Raising of Lazarus in John 11
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2023
- Why did Jesus delay his coming to see Lazarus until his friend was dead? What did first century Jews believe about the resurrection? Why is death called “sleep”? Was Jesus grieving, angry, or irritated? What does “Jesus wept” point to? What is the significance of Jesus being “the resurrection and the life”? These and other questions, Chad Bird addresses in this week’s video in Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.
You did an excellent job! This is basically what we learn in Orthodox Christian seminary. This is the definition of hitting the nail on the head with a hammer.
Chad, you were a powerful speaker before the tragic passing of your son, (who BTW lived the life of a true hero). In the aftermath of his passing your preaching carries even more weight and has a deeper dimension of meaning, purpose and power. A heart felt Thank you for fighting through the toughest of times and endeavoring to bring to all of us The Words of This Life.
Pastor Chad, I was talking about you with the wife of one of our elders at church the other day.
She asked if I had heard about you, and I had been following you on TikTok for awhile now.
Your teaching on the OT has had a major impact on her, bringing the scripture to life in a way she hadn't known.
I want to keep encouraging you brother!
Maybe I can pick your brain on our podcast sometime. God Bless you
It truly is a comfort to know that as Christians through the Redemption of Christ Blood we will get to have our faith become sight at the resurrection. Looking forward to listening to more content.
I will forever be grateful to you for the comfort you have given regarding death. When I lost my son, there seemed to be nowhere or no one to comfort me… Ryan committed suicide and that is still taboo in church…even the pastor was uncomfortable in our presence. Unknowingly, you became the one who would help me face his death. I am unafraid to face death myself, but to lose Ry caused all sorts of ‘prickly’ feelings. This video is a treasure…and I find great peace from it.
Pam, God bless you. Christ is risen. And in him, Ryan and Luke live.
Man brother. I am so sorry hear about your son and father. But praise be to God that I heard you say they knew Him. Hugs my brother.
Sorry to hear about your son and dad ...may they rest in eternal peace 🙏🏻
Thank you
Thank you for your awesome insight. Your teachings are up there with R.C. Sproul’s.
Yes, our weeping Empathetic God! Emmanuel is said to mean "God present with us." In Jesus we have a God Who is ever-present with our earthly concerns!
Love it brother! God bless you!
I think that when Thomas says, " “Let us also go, that we may die with him”, it's sarcasm or a sense of fatalism he's expressing.
I do agree that we shouldn't use "Doubting Thomas". His nickname in the NT and Early Church was "Didymus" (the twin). I did some research and the nickname "Doubting Thomas" came into use in 1818 in an English Reformation writing, presumably because of an emphasis on "Sola Fide". Before that only the event (not the person) was referred to as "The incredulity of Thomas".
Thank you Chad. Revd BSA
This is so good
Amén. Poderoso mensaje. Saludos desde Tijuana Mexico 🇲🇽
Thank you next time i go to the cemetery i remember im standing on ressurection soil
Hey brother Chad, I'm thankful for who you are and your ministry! I have a question: why do you think he said resurrection AND the life? I guess I'm just thinking he could have just said life as a blanket statement for both. God bless you!
Love your style and insights. One query.
“Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.”
Your interpretation of these two statements in the one sentence has Jesus repeating himself. What if the difference were more obvious. “Lives”…in me, is what makes the difference. Not only “believes” in him, good for you, another consolation prize but “lives in him”! That Jesus is such a part of their daily life that it can be said they live “in him”. The statement, the promise here is, They will never die. Not though they die!
Heres more lending to the idea there are two types of everlasting life. Two judgements if you will. Immediate and sleep it off to the final judgement. One where he knows you and one where he never knew you but will judge your contribution to the resurrection of the life on the last day.
Mat22:30-31
And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
By this statement clearly Jesus is saying Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are not waiting, or sleeping till the final resurrection. They already enjoy everlasting life with The Father.
Then in John 5:21-23
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
(My emphasis here) John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
Then Jesus goes on to speak of the judgement of the dead. Clearly separating true believers in Him and The Father from those who are/were not, yet apparently may have redeemable qualities by his judgement alone, “For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son” and “The Son gives life to whom He will.”
John 5:25-29
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Check out all the references to light in John and see the seam of a theme. It really blows up The implications of Jesus' little mini parable
I like this think he was "Resigned Thomas."
Hi Chad, not to pick at nits here, but it is important to note that Martha and Mary's famous scene of Martha pointing out that she needed Mary to help serve the meal with Jesus in a chapter 10 verses 38-42 is in chapter 10 of Luke, not John. I love the content. In your presentation, it's not made clear that chapter 10:38-39 should be Luke 10:38-39 where Mary is sitting at Jesus' feet.
As a believer the Gospel of John, especially the narrative John 11 was the hardest to believe. It is so in your face about the events described that there is very little middle ground for the mind to work with. Either you believe that he raised someone from the dead, or you don't.
Hello Chad, if you have free time to make video about. Question: how to understand gods will, so I can live wise?
I never knew that if Jesus didn't specify lazurus' name that everyone would have been raised! 😅😂 I laughed so hard when you said that 😂😂😂
Have you ever thought this might be why Thomas did what he did in the upper room.
So then, if someone says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him. - Matthew 24:26
What if he's just doing what he was told.
resuscitation vs resurrection
I hope that all.
Why was he called doubting Thomas when all he did was ask to see what the others had already seen? He wasn't there when Jesus appear in the upper room.
By the way Peter isn't called denying Peter.
Thomas actually has a nickname - "Didymus" (the twin) (John 20:24). I don't know when "Doubting Thomas" became a thing, but it wasn't in the New Testament or during the days of the Early Church.
I did a little research and it's first use was in a English Reformation writing in 1818,and may have been because of the strong emphasis on "Sola Fide" (by faith alone). Even in art going back to the 6th century, the story was known as "The incredulity of Thomas" - the emphasis on the event, not the person.
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stamp by way of self
Try not to lose things in translation. I know how excited we get if we thunk we get to crack the puzzle first or explain some things that may be ineffable. Notice some people told the pharoah. Haters no matter what. All it takes is one person like “hey raise up my grandma then I’ll believe you” then it happens and you find out she died for insruance money……. All kinda cans of worms. I’m sure that person would bury themselves in an insane asylum willingly.